British Asian music group Rainbow Ragas organised a scintillating event in Manchester to raise funds to help Chennai flood victims….reports Asian Lite News
It was a memorable event in the cultural calendar of Manchester, the cotton capital of the erstwhile British Empire. A team of professionals from South India, majority from Tamil Nadu, join hands with Rainbow Ragas, Britain’s largest British-Asian music group, to raise funds for victims of Chennai floods. The Team Raga raised to the occasion and delivered a scintillating performance. Another laurel for RR. Since its inception in the year 2006, the band has performed in different parts of the UK celebrating the rich musical heritage of India and South Asia.
The Ragas team of musicians include professionals in their fields and come from health sector, business, and academics. The team contains well trained musicians who passionately perform rich and varied genres of Indian, Asian and Western music in various languages both for entertainment and benevolent purposes in the UK and Europe. Therefore, the ethos of the band is highly multicultural, inclusive and benevolent. The event was held at Maxwell Upper Hall, University of Salford, Manchester. Dr Rammohan Kandadai and Dr Vannamalar Selvaraasan were there to compere the events.
The organisers were grateful to Dr Jai Sivaprakasam who acted as Chief Administrator for the project besides photographers Dr Girish Sadhu, Senthil; videographers Martin Francis (CM Digital), Ryan, Daniel, Asif and Rocky. A special thanks to St. Peter’s Chaplaincy for opening their hall for rehearsals.
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The following are the artistes performed at the event
Instrument players –
Mukhesh Kannan– Lead keyboards
Steve Christopher-Keyboards &Melodica.
Rohan Gideon-Lead Guitar
Daniel Rajesh-Rhythm Guitar
Charles Jones-Bass Guitar
Elankathir Selvarasan-Drums,Rhythm Pads,& Mridhangam.
Joy Thomas- Percussions
Ricky Singh-Dholak & Dhol
Hamit Walia-Tabla
Darwin Abraham-Tabla
Monica-Trumpet
SINGERS
Andrew Thomas
Ebineson Athisayanathan
Mudiyur Gopi
Navin David
Sonia
Chitra
Emma
Nilani
Sound – Nicky
Lights- Bonnyface
Posters,promos,FB admin Banner Designer-Chriswinraj
PLEASE SEE THE GALLERY FROM THE EVENT: OVER 100 pics. Please send your comments to newsdesk@asianlite.asianlite.uk. Please follow @asianlitemedia
